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New Facebook Event Photo

February 28, 2013 by Louisa Chan Leave a Comment

New Facebook Features Every So Often
Facebook continues to evolve and test new features. Just recently a few new features were released and I like to share a couple with you – so you can use them immediately and see some results.

Facebook Rolled Out New Event Photo Layout
If you make use of Facebook Pages to promote your business you will be happy to know that Facebook is paying more attention to the Event feature and its visual display. See image below.


Facebook New Event Photo


The new Event Photo is 714 by 264 pixels (at the time I wrote this) and takes the top center position of an event. This gives you much more space to display a banner-like photo to promote your event. The old image was given much less exposure, measuring 180 x 185 pixels and the image was placed on the left of the event.
Facebook EventThumbnail: Facebook will create a thumbnail of your event when it is shared or when this is viewed on your mobile devices (see image below).
And if you also share the event on your timeline (personal account) a thumbnail will also be shown on the Event application at the top of your profile page.
Fix For Facebook Bug To Be Rolled Out When It Is Ready Facebook announced in March 2012 that not all fans will see your posts all the time. This has generated some fierce debate in the community. While some complained (and still do), others went ahead and made the most of various cost effective Facebook advertisements.
More good news for you. Just recently Facebook admitted that a bug has caused Facebook Insights to be misreported, leading many to think that their posts reached far fewer people than they actually did. So if you are a Page owner, your total reach might have been more than what you thought.
We don’t know when the fix will be rolled out, but we do know that developers have admitted the issue are working on a fix.
Set A Solid Facebook Page Foundation
As you can see Facebook is changing all the time with new features introduced almost every week. To capitalize on these new features, it is important that you keep abreast of the changes.  This is something I try to include these in my regular newsletter to you.
And it is even more important that you set up your Facebook Page correctly. Not building your Facebook Page the correct way will cost you dearly and implementing new features will not help.
I have a digital course on Facebook that helps you set up or optimize you Facebook page, what you Need to do and what you do Not want to do. I also outline how you can tap into the new Timeline Features using visuals to tell a story.
Here To Get The Facebook For Business Professionals
The course is still at an introductory fee. I am not sure how long I will keep the product at the introductory price. If you would like to a Facebook course that gives you important tips that are absolutely necessary, a course that walks you through only what you need to know (and not the frills) then get the course here before the price goes up!
Sign up now while you still remember and we’ll talk soon!  By Louisa YS Chan

Filed Under: Blog, Facebook Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Tutorial Tagged With: facebook marketing, New Event Photo Dimentions, New Facebook Features

How The New Facebook Comment Gives You More Coverage

July 28, 2011 by Louisa Chan Leave a Comment

What is new with the Facebook Comments?

New Facebook Features - Facebook Comments

Facebook recently introduced preview links in its comment section. These preview links are not new to Facebook; they have been around in status updates. Most people are familiar with using links to lead to blog posts or YouTube videos. Links in the comment section remained as text links until very recently.
Today as I leave a link to my YouTube video and press “enter”, I see a thumbnail image of the video player with a title and description of the video. And I can also play the YouTube video right from the comment section.
While this is not a big change, it is a very convenient and effective way of leaving comments.

Why is it so? Why is this new feature important to you?

1 – It is a cleaner and more effective way of leaving comments and feedback especially when you are explaining something that requires more details or a visual walk-through.
2 – Being able to play a video in the comment section saves your readers from leaving the Facebook environment and they can still read the rest of the comments that relates to the status update.
3 – These preview links with thumbnail images for your blog posts and videos are graphic. And visuals are eye-catching. They draw attention to your comment and they stand out from other comments.
All these give your link extra exposure. And if you are using your page to leave valuable comments on others status updates, this can be a lead generator bringing others to your Facebook Page or Blog Website.

How do you do implement this change?

Simple, just leave your links as you did before and your YouTube will play at the comment section itself. Other links will be given a thumbnail image, a title and a description. You don’t need to do anything differently!
Just a note though for your YouTube Videos, you will not be able to change the description and title as you would be able to if you were to post at the status bar. This is because the image, title and description are only displayed after you clicked and submitted your link.
These are 3 good reasons why you will want to use links in your Facebook comments. I believe these will bring you more eye-balls and may even generate you more traffic.
If you want to watch my 3-minute video which explains this new Facebook feature you can visit “New Facebook Feature – Facebook Comments with Preview” or get my Free Report on “5 Steps to Mastering Social Media in 1 Hour A Week“.

Filed Under: Blog, Facebook Marketing, Social Media Marketing Tagged With: Facebook Comments, facebook marketing, New Facebook Features, Social Media Marketing

New Facebook Feature Enhancing Your Facebook Comments

July 27, 2011 by Louisa Chan 1 Comment

New Facebook Features – Facebook Comments with Links Allows Descriptions and Image

New Facebook Features - Facebook Comments

Facebook introduced a nice little feature that I think you will want to make use of.
Here’s a short 3-minute video that shows you why you will want to use this and HOW you can do it – on your Facebook profile account as well as your Facebook Fan Pages.

New Facebook Feature With Facebook Comments


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